Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Unger Marketing International LLC

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Unger Marketing International LLC has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Those matters are assigned to 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing distribution across both examiner and technical-unit assignments.

MAH, CHUCK Y is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a larger examiner concentration favors matter-level monitoring rather than a strategy centered on one recurring examination relationship. Coordination remains useful because the portfolio concerns the same technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAH, CHUCK Y 1 79.6% +10.4%
HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR 1 — —
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 1 65.9% +24.0%
VARMA, ASHISH K 1 74.4% +32.4%
CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 1 58.0% +41.8%
PAL, PRINCE 1 70.9% +14.9%
LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 1 69.9% +34.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18045476 FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 89d overdue
18915801 ADJUSTABLE SQUEEGEE WITH SCRUBBER BAR HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR —
18586854 REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD —
18407838 HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES —
18545565 BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE PAL, PRINCE —

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18045476 FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 89d overdue
19046780 EXTENDABLE POLE FOR CLEANING TOOL MAH, CHUCK Y —
18586854 REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD —
18441330 REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL VARMA, ASHISH K —
18407838 HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES —
18545565 BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE PAL, PRINCE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 2
3677 1
3654 1
3674 1
3735 1
3731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19046780 EXTENDABLE POLE FOR CLEANING TOOL MAH, CHUCK Y 3677 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 06, 2025
18915801 ADJUSTABLE SQUEEGEE WITH SCRUBBER BAR HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18586854 REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18441330 REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL VARMA, ASHISH K 3674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18407838 HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18545565 BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE PAL, PRINCE 3735 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18045476 FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 3731 §102§103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Unger Marketing International LLC have?

Unger Marketing International LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Unger Marketing International LLC applications?

Chuck Y Mah has the most, with 1 of Unger Marketing International LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Unger Marketing International LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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